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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 1155 AM CST Sat Jan 17 2026

- Lingering snow showers and flurries come to an end early this afternoon.

- A low chances for another round of snow showers Monday morning for the northeast panhandles.

- Brief warm conditions on Sunday before colder temperatures return for most of next week.

SHORT TERM

(This afternoon through Sunday night) Issued at 1155 AM CST Sat Jan 17 2026

The panhandles remains under a large scale northerly flow that is sitting across the entire Great Plains. This setup will allow small weather system or pushes of cold air across the panhandles for the next several days. Currently a weather system is departing the panhandles to the south through the rest of the afternoon. This will bring to an end any lingering snow showers and flurries that remain over our area during the afternoon. Any further snow accumulations from the lingering snow showers or flurries will be minimal to a couple tenths of an inch. That will make the gusty north winds the last impact this weather system is having across the panhandles. Even this will come to an end during the evening hours as the winds weaken and cease gusting. Going into Sunday we get a small break between cold pushes as the winds shift westerly to southwesterly. This will help to drive in warmer downsloping air that will drive up the temperatures. The highs will most likely top out in the upper 50s with the warmer spots reaching the 60s. The warm conditions will not last as the next push of cold air arrives with a cold front late Sunday afternoon. This cold air will push out the warm air returning the panhandles back to winter.

LONG TERM

(Monday through next Friday) Issued at 1155 AM CST Sat Jan 17 2026

The moisture associated with this push of cold air will most likely stay mostly in Kansas with only a small portions of it reaching the northeastern panhandles. This moisture will lead to a low chance for light snowfall in the northeastern panhandles Monday morning. Accumulations from this snow will most likely be minimal to a couple of tenths of an inch. Still this small amount of snow will be capable of causing slick spots on the roads. Any snowfall is unlikely to last long ending during Monday afternoon as the moisture shunts off to the east. Dry conditions then have a moderate to high chance of remaining across the panhandles for the remainder of the work week. Temperatures have a high chance of fluctuating during the work week as colder air periodically streams across the southern plains.

AVIATION

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 1155 AM CST Sat Jan 17 2026

A weather system is departing from the panhandles this afternoon which will bring to an end any lingering snow showers or flurries. This will leave the rest of the afternoon and beyond with VFR conditions. Gusty north winds will linger this afternoon before they weaken going into the evening hours. Gusty southwest to west winds then return for Sunday morning to afternoon.

AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

TX...None. OK...None.